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Folder of photographs and press cuttings, many of which have been commissioned by and/or featured in Outwrite Women’s Newspaper.

These images document a wide range of events and protests, primarily in the UK and Ireland. Includes images relating to Women’s Liberation campaigns (including a Glasgow WLM group), pro-choice rallies, demos and community aid connected to the Miners’ Strike, the Troubles, News International/Wapping dispute, various industrial actions, the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the UK, COHSE and NUPE demos against NHS privatisation, protests against cuts to public services, LGBTQ+ protests (e.g. Section 28 & ‘Stop the Clause’ protests, Lesbian Strength 1985), and much more.

Photographs and press cuttings, many of which have been commissioned by and/or featured in Outwrite Women’s Newspaper.

These images document a wide range of women’s events and protests in the UK and internationally. Includes images relating to International Women’s Day events, Mauritius Cultural Festival, the Troubles (e.g. Armagh Prison protest), apartheid struggles (e.g. African National Congress postcard), Les Amazones de Guinée, Bangladeshi women’s political activism and struggles, Grenadian and Puerto Rican independence demos, anti-nuclear protests in Japan and elsewhere, communities and workers in Ghana and Eritrea, Aboriginal women’s activism, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, Pakistani Women’s Action Forum, Salvadoran refugees in Honduras, women in South Africa (including Cape Town and Johannesburg), SWAPO members in Namibia, ‘The Dinner Party’ by Judy Chicago, Indian demos [against killing of Nandita Gandhi], the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, and much more.

Card-backed press images (with captions) for Outwrite Women’s Newspaper, photographs, and a calendar, all relating to the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) of Palestine.

VHS tapes:
Joan Armatrading: Track Record (1983); Frontline South Africa II: Corridors of Freedom (1987); Black Britain (tape 1; c.1990s), Out on Tuesday (1990); You Have Struck a Rock! (1981), Woman’s “How To” of Self Defence (1985), Any Child is My Child (1988).

Series contains correspondence relating to the personal, professional and activist work of Forster. This includes material related to her work in the theatre including The Royal Theatrical Fund Annual Report and The Shakespeare Globe Trust, invitations, correspondence between Forster and Dawn Airey re. a proposal about a lesbian and gay series ‘Outhouse’ on Channel 5 (1996), Sappho related material, material related the Gay Rights Act in 1995 and Stonewall organisation, reunion dinners, letters from publishers, a photocopied letter from the Prime Minister (1989), letter Forster sent to the Times re. The Times representation of Emperor Hirohito’s funeral, family letters, correspondence from a student union, the BBC and Channel 4, National Council for Civil Liberties and other activist networks and organisations. Also contains letters regarding the death and obituary of Sandy Horn. Series also contains personal correspondence such as birthday cards and postcards.

Women’s health publications, essays, and conference materials, with a focus on Black and Scottish women’s healthcare.

Includes: Perceived Health Needs of Black and Ethnic Minority Women report (Nov 1994); Black & Ethnic Minority Women’s Health Sub Group research report (1996); Black and Ethnic Minority Women’s Health Conference programmes (Glasgow, 1995); report on menstrual extraction by Lorraine Rothman (n.d.); 14th annual National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference programme (Jul 1992); Feminist Women’s Health Centre bulletins (c.1971-1977). Some records bear Glasgow Lesbian Line stickers.

Artistic and creative material including creative writing publications, resource guides, catalogues, fanzines, and further women’s publications.

Includes: rainbow snake poetry volume by the Center for Women’s Studies and Services (1971); Shocking Pink! magazine (1992); ‘Sparkles: Poems, Stories and Articles by the women of GEMMA’ x 2 (n.d.); The Women’s Press book catalogue (Aug 1993-Jan 1994); Feminists Against Sexual Terror (FAST; Sept 1983); Outwrite magazine (issue 47; 1986); transcript of a conversation between Lisa (age 11), Susan (her mother, a lesbian) and other lesbians re Lisa’s experience as a child of a lesbian mother (Mar 1977); Outwrite magazine (issue 578; May 1987); Revolutionary Radical Feminist newsletter 16 (1986); Powerful Images: A Women’s Guide to Audiovisual Resources by Isis International (1986).